Chromatic Runs - Please post TABS here!

[Marto]

Here are a couple of old style lines with chromatic tones. The first is over a ii V I in A major

--------------------l---------------l---------
--7-6-5-------------l------5-8-6-5--l----------
---------7-4--------l--4-7---------7-l-6---------
-------------7-4-5- l-6--------------l------------
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The second is over a maj or dom chord and just chromatically targets the 5 and the 3rd of the chord so it's important that you hit those chord tone on the beat.

AMaj

------------------------5--------------------
--7-6-4-5----------5-7-----------------------
-----------7-4-5-6---------------------------
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[brwnhornet59]

Nice 1st clip, Britt! Playing in front of the camera is always scary!

Thanks man. I have a lot of work to do but I will get there.

[JonnyPac]

No sweat!

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Keep the lines a-comin'! That's make this thread an epic resource!!

[Double 07]

A minor ii-v-i lick with lots of chromatic moves. 16th notes


Emin7b5

---------------------- 8-7-6-5---------------
---------------10-9-8----------8-------------
----------------------------------7----------
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A7#5b9

---------------------------8-7-6-------------
6---5-------------------6--------8-----------
--6-----6------5-8-7-6-----------------------
------7---7-8--------------------------------
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Dmin9
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5--------------------------------------------
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[Klok]

To use over ii/V/i

In Em, so using /Fm7b5/B7b13/Em7(11)/ here:

|----10-8-9-7-8---------------------------------------l
|----------------11-10-9-8-11-7----------------------l
|---------------------------------10-9-8-7------------l
|--------------------------------------------10-9-----l
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

Straight 16th

[JonnyPac]

There's the topic starter for those of you getting in on page 2... Keep the licks coming!

I'd like to have a thread going here to make a collection of jazzy chromatic runs in TAB form. Players from Django to Rosenwinkel use chromatic runs frequently and it varied ways, and it would be nice to gather our collective knowledge here to study (beginning and advanced players welcome).

Please explain your submissions with any useful information (ie bebop scale, blues scale, inside/outside, rhythmic devices, accents, etc) that make the run understandable and re-usable. If there is a specific kind of harmony or chord that it fits over, please include that info as well.

Let's get every generic chromatic run known to jazz posted and milk them for all they are worth!

Notation is fine too. Just post the licks however you like.

[JonnyPac]

Here's one from Kurt Rosenwinkel:


--------7-6-5-7-----------------------------
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Simple as can be! It's 8th or 16ths and the "7" in this example is the "good" target note, the "6" is the passing tone, "5" another good note or neighboring tone. He played the lick a lot on the album Heartcore. Transpose as needed.

[EddieLastra]

Great thread!

Here's a couple II-V-I's in G:


Am7 | D9 | Gmaj7

-7-8-7-6-5--------|-----------------|--------
------------8-5-6-|-7-5-------------|---------
-------------------|----7-6-5-4-----|--------
-------------------|------------7-5-|-4------
-------------------|----------------|-------
-------------------|----------------|------



Moving the lick up a minor third:

Am7 | D7b9 | Gmaj7

------7-6-5---------|-----10-9-8-----------|------
------------8-7-5---|-------------11-10-8--|-7---
-4-5----------------|-7-8------------------|----
--------------------|-----------------------|-----
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I couldn't get my bar lines to line up straight. How do you guys do that

[augusjazz]

Interesting topic, here share a lick of Pat Martino to play on A7 # 5:

Audio example:

DivShare File - Licks sobre A7.mp3


Tab / Score:

http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/...zz/licksa7.jpg

[rmsmarr]

G Lick with chromatics between the 3rd and 5th


| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|------3---------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|4-5-6---5-3-----|----------------|----------------|
|--------------5-|------------5-3-|------------2-5-|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|5-4-3---2-5-----|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|------5---------|----------------|

[JonnyPac]

Thanks for your contributions! Keep them coming! Seeing the actual common practice via data like this is always helpful- and fun too.

[JonnyPac]

Groovin' High based bebop lick (over Dm7 G7 C):




-----------------------3----------------------
------6-5----------------6-4-5--------------------
----7-----7-6---5-3-4----------5--------------------
--7-----------7--------------------------------
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